Saying 53: Is Circumcision Useful?
If circumcision were useful, fathers would produce sons already circumcised; the true circumcision, in spirit, is what profits.
Commentary
The argument from nature is Thomas’s own; the conclusion is Paul’s. A useful datum for anyone weighing how Jewish, or how post-Jewish, the Thomas community was.
Parallels
Romans 2:29; Philippians 3:3
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